Desert Archaeology Society (DAS) 2025-2026
Annual Club | Available
ICL membership is not required, but all prior and new members need to register here and pay $10 annual club dues for the current year Sept. 2025 - Aug. 2026.
The club generally meets the second Wednesday of each month from Sept-Nov and Jan-May. However, the first meeting has been changed to Thursday, Sept. 11th. Also, the March meeting must be held on the third Wednesday, March 18th, due to Spring Break. Here are dates for the 2025/2026 DAS meetings:
Thursday 9/11
Wednesday 10/8
Wednesday 11/12
No meeting in December
Wednesday 1/14
Wednesday 2/11
Wednesday 3/18
Wednesday 4/8
Wednesday 5/13
Field trips are on the third Saturday each month. Details are announced about two weeks prior to each trip. NO DOGS ALLOWED on field trips, per Utah Tech policy.
This club is for friends of Archaeology, pictographs, petroglyphs, rock art, preserving the past, protecting the past, and Native American history.
The Desert Archaeology Society is a group of individuals whose purpose is to become better educated citizens so that we can help the general public become more aware of the value of irreplaceable archaeological resources; especially rock art, within Utah, the Arizona Strip and Southern Nevada.
We accomplish our goal by:
1) Having monthly meetings with lectures by subject matter experts.
2) Having monthly field trips to local archaeological sites, lead by knowledgeable persons who may help us to better understand the archaeological, cultural, and spiritual values of the sites.
We believe that the preservation of rock art as well as other archaeological sites lies in education. This education involves lectures, class room instruction and field trips. We believe that the public must be able to visit archaeological sites and view them “in situ” in order to fully appreciate the value of these traces of “those who came before”. We strive to make each site a “living museum”.
By registering for this activity, you agree to the release of liability as specified - CLICK HERE for liability agreement.
Kaye (Feather) Robinson
Kaye (Whitefeather aka Feather) Robinson had the opportunity to walk in two worlds. Her father came from the Blackfeet heritage. Her mother came from the heritage of Liverpool, England. That means she can do Native American ceremonies to the Beatle tunes. She has studied with seven different tribes: the Blackfeet, Lakota, Paiute, Navaho, Hopi, Seminole, and Chumash. She appreciates the wisdom she learned from the Native American Culture and the Anglo culture. Both have much to offer. She has studied archaeology for the past 30 years and is now a researcher and teacher of archaeoastronomy, archaeology, Native Plants usages, Native American traditions and all the stories attached to those worlds. She is a teaching assistant at Utah Tech University for the archaeology classes. However, archaeoastronomy is her passion. She likes to introduce Native Science to others and to show that ancient cultures had wisdom and knowledge we have yet to discover. She now has a published article in the book "Star Circles" by Dr. Ivy Merriot. Dr. Merriot is an astronomer who teaches at the University of Montana. Along with "Star Circles", Dr. Merriot authored "Exploratory Research of the Big Horn Medicine Wheel."